Mrs. Marotta's Newsletter
March was filled with hard work and dedication!
A Note From Mrs. Marotta
This month was an amazing month of learning. The students were focused even knowing spring break was just around the corner. I have seen such wonderful growth in each and every student. They are excited to learn new skills, they know the importance of helping and encouraging others, and they have made great friendships. My students continue to amaze me and inspire me to be a better teacher.
Bunny Writings
The few days before break were spent being creative. My groups of writers were asked to write stories about if they were the Easter bunny. The students all worked extremely hard to use everything we have practiced in group. They also had some fun making their bunny to accompany the writings.
Kindergarten News
IPAD Time!
Mark and Alex were working together to practice writing their letters. They have become good buddies and enjoy working with each other.
Building words!
The kindergarten group was working together to build words with foam letters. They have been working to chop up words to hear all of the sounds. They are doing an amazing job!
Reading!
There are a few students who are using their skills to start reading. Congratulations Sabella, Gavin, and Oliva! So proud of your hard work!
Learning Beginning Sounds
Corinne used her Phonics in Motion to help her match beginning sound cards. Great strategy Corinne!
Writing Words
Gavin uses boxes to help him plan out how many sounds are in a word and to keep his handwriting neat. He is doing an awesome job writing words!
Reading
Olivia has been working hard to learn sight words, and she has been using her reading strategies. Keep up the great work!
1st Grade News
Readers!
Cailyn and Christopher have really started to read. They are learning lots of new sight words to help them read books more fluently. Great job!
Letter Patterns
Christopher is working on some activities to work on beginning and ending blends.
Writers
I still cannot believe how far Christopher and Cailyn have come. At the beginning of the year they were writing letters that matched a sound. Now they are writing paragraphs! Congrats to you both!
2nd Grade News
Telling Time
Natalie and Breanna are working together to complete a game telling time to the hour and half hour.
Fraction Bingo!
The girls all loved playing fraction bingo after working hard to learn fractions.
More Telling TIme
Rhyan is always happy and ready to work. She is working to read the time on the clocks.
3rd Grade News
Fry Phrases
The 3rd graders have been working hard on their Fry Phrase cards to increase reading fluency. They monitor their progress on their charts.
Equivalent Fractions
The third graders are really stepping up to do some tough skills. They chose 2 equivalent fractions and wrote about how they were the same.
Fractions
We spent awhile learning fractions with many types of activities to really understand. Chloe is working on fractions equivalent to 1/2.
Fraction Pieces
Ronnie is finding fractions that are equal to 1/2. Great work Ronnie.
Sweet Treats!
Sometimes a little chocolate can help bring home the meaning of a lesson. We used Hershey bars to create and explore equivalent fractions.
Fractions of Groups
We also explored fractions as groups with mini M&Ms. The students were working with high number fractions and doing to problem solving.